Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 254, 5 September 1921 — Page 10

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND., MONDAY, SEPT. 5, 1921.

M'CLOSKEY IS GIVEN SUSPENDED SENTENCE -I: ON DESERTION CHARGE

GREENVILLE, O., Sept. 5. John C. McCloskey, arrested on a charge of de'eertlng his -wife and two minor children, and bound over to Squire Donovan's court under $500 bond to await the action ol the grand jury, appeared before Judse Teegaraen in juvenile court and was given a suspended Jail Eentence. uoon hi3 promise to pay $35

per month for the support of his two minor children, the payments to begin

Oct. 1. 1921.

The federal government, by whom he Is employed, is to pay $17.50 of the amount and the remainder is to be

deducted from his salary.

J. W. Garver was named as proba

tion officer to see that McCloskey complies with the order of the court, and McCloskey was released from custody.

Ferron is Given Cane.

County Surveyor John T. Ferron, who retires from office Monday morn

ing, after having served two terms as county surveyor, was presented

with a handsome cane Saturday aner-noon.

The presentation speech was made by ex-Judge George W. Mannix, who complimented Mr. Ferron for the manner in which he nad conducted the of'fice during his two terms of office .and for the excellent showing he had

made and the tremendous amount of

work he had accomplished.

Mr. Ferron. in accepting the gift,

thanked the donors, and said that he

was willinc at any time to extend as

sistance to his successor in office. He

also extended thanks for courtesies shown by his assistants during his

tenure in office. Davison Property Sold.

The three farms and two pieces of

residence property belonging to the es

tate of the late Robert uavison were offered for sale at the door of the

court house Saturday afternoon by Sheriff Wagner. j The three farms and the residence property on Harrison Avenue werei old, but the vacant lot next to the! Greenville hospital, on Central Avenue, received no bids. The 35-acre farm, located in Patterson township, about four miles from Versailles, was sold to J. C. Davison for $4,110. ' The 80 acre tract in Liberty township was knocked down to H. L. Sellman on the bid of $12,000. The 85-acre tract located south of Palestine was sold to Harry Mikesell for $6,475. The residence property on Harrison Avenue was bid off by Harry Haines for $4,260. There were no bidders for the vacant lot on Central Avenue, which was appraised at $500. Survey Selects Help. - County Surveyor-elect Pari Town.send, who assumes the duties of his office Monday, has selected the following assistants: Clerk. E. M. Hall; county road superintendent, Harry 'Miller; chief deputies, Earl Fryman and Robert Horn; assistant engineer, i Pierce V. Coppess. The last named official Is from i Jackson township. He is a graduate ! in engineering from Ohio State uni- ' versity and served as an engineer in France during the World war.

Meeker Property Sold. ' The old John P. Meeker property, on ; East Third street, owned by ex-County " Clerk C. B. Rauburn, was sold at pub- : lie auction Friday. The house; which contains eight rooms and is modernly equipped, and lot on which it is locat- - ed, brought $3,950 and Ed Haines was ; the purchaser. ; Local Horse Finishes Well. ". In the races at the Ohio State fair ; Friday afternoon, the sensational 3- ; year-old pacer, Tommy Milton, a brown gelding owned and .driven by ' Russell Pease, of this city, finished '. third and was inside the money. There '. were four starters.

"FIRST LADY OF IRELAND" ACTIVE - -s IN CAUSE DURING PEACE PARLEYS

New photo of Mrs. Eamonn De Valera. Mrs. Eamonn De Valera, wife of the Irish president, has been a very active worker in behalf of the cause nearest her heart, and during the present truce has not slackened her efforts. This new picture of her has just been received.

PENAL FARM TERM FOR LIQUOR OFFENSE Frank Darnell, colored, was fined

$100 and sentenced to SO days at the state penal farm by Mayor Zimmerman in city court Monday morning on a charge of violating the state liquor law. The penal farm sentence was suspended by the mayor. Darnell was arrested July 2S, after a raid on his home in which a quantity of "raisin jack" was found 'by the officers. His trial has been postponed during the absence of Mayor Zimmerman from the, bench. Three men answered the roll call to

having imbibed too freely of liquor

over the week-end. and were fined $1

and costs for public intoxication. Charles Rottinghause, Orville Davis arid Jack Morris were the offenders.

VIRGINIA MAN NAMED

DIRECTOR AT Y.M.C. A,

rnvld c. Sneck. of Staunton. Va..

has boen appointed physical director ' of the Y. M. C. A., according to offi- ' cials of the "Y." He will succeed ; K. W. Harding, who resigned last May. : Mr. Speck comes here from the Y. M. C. A. at Staunton, Va., where he has been engaged in the physical department of that institution. Mr. Speck comes here highly recommended as a worker in the physical department. He also had a very good war record, having served as physical instructor in several of the army camps. While at Chateau Thierry he was seriously wounded and was confined in the hospital for about six months.

ands of other families, who are trekking from the famine area. "I had ten acres of good land," he

said. "I used to be a railwayman, but took up farming. I raised nothing this year. I have no bread and no money, and have come eighty miles on the way to Samara to find work and food, but here is my horse dead

and we are still 20 miles from Samara. Life is hard." The wife and daughter, typical peasant women of the better class, stood beside the dying horse, which was lying near a small wagon bearing a few cooking utensils, and a bundle of clothing and bedding.

HIGHWAY COMMISSION WASTEFUL, IS CHARGE MADE BY FARM BODY

EATON, O., Sept. 5. Charging that

the state highway commission is "extravagant and inefficient," Preble County Pomona grange has adopted a

resolution "insisting" that the commission be abolished.

The grange organization also favors

the retention of automobile license

money in the county. The resolution

adopted read as follows:

"On account of extravagance and

inefficiency of the Ohio State highway j

commission, evidence of which is accumulating, we insist upon the abolishing of said board, and advocate the formation of a board which would be more responsive to wishes of taxpayers rather than to contractors and

material dealers."

That we favor all license money on

auto trucks and other motor vehicles to be paid to the county treasurer and be distributed into taxing districts where collected."

The grange has a membership of 2,000. Eaton Schools Open Eaton public schools reopened today after the summer vacation. Scholars of the grade schools assembled this morning at 8:30 o'clock for a brief session. High school students reported this afternoon for a short session. Beginning Tuesday morning, the schools will begin operating full time. The following assignment of teachers for the school year is announced: High school, Arthur R. Pitsinger, acting principal and manual training in structor; Albert Harris, Velma Ayers, Marian Highland, Ruth Tipton. Mildred Fowler. Wilhelmina Schreiber:

junior high school, Robert Scott, Law

rence Turton, Clifford Cook, Maude

Pogue; sixth grade, Elizabeth Morningstar. Naomi Patton: fifth erade

Blanche Copp, Lois Niswander; fourth

graae, Anna Risinger, Florence Copp; third sxade. Harriet Kline. Nnl rial.

rvmDle. Melva Casev: second cmAe.

Edith Raney, Helen Davis; first grade, Madeline Dawson, Florence Weber; domestic art, Laura Hunt; domestic science, Mrs. Donald Kubler. Fire Destroys Barn. Fire, origin undetermined, completely destroyed a large barn Saturday evening on the farm of Lurton Bishop, a few miles northwest of Eaton, entailing a loss estimated from $6,000 to $10,000. Insurance will not fully cover the loss, it is said. Contents of the burned building included a separator and a motor truck, both of which were insured, it is said. BishOD and several other farmers

owned the separator. Whether or not three large concrete silos that withstood the flames were damaged has not been determined. . The fire loss and damage cannot be fully determined until the condition of these is ascertained. A heavy rain fell on the overheated silos Saturday night. An immense hog house near the burned barn escaped destruction, due

WALLACE SAMPLES AN INDIANA PEACE

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ARNOLD ESTATE SELLS

BUSINESS BUILDING GREENVILLE. O., Sept. 5. The estate of the late H. N Arnold closed a deal late Thursday afternoon whereby the three-story business building at

329 Broadway was sold to Joseph Kester, the well-known farmer as real estate man of this city. The consideration was $11,000. McCloskey is Held. John C. McCloskey, arrested in Dayton and. brought here and lodged in jail on a charge of non-support preferred by his wife, Bernice McCloskey, in Squire Donovan's court, had his

preliminary hearing Thursday after

noon and was bound over to await the action of the grand jury for the October term of court in the sum of $500,

1 which he failed to give and was re

manded to jail. McCloskey deserted

his wife and two children over a year

ago. Sues for Divorce Essa Cool filed a petition in com

mon pleas court praying for a divorce

from her husband, Arthur Cool, to

Secretary Wallace sampling the big peach. Believe it or not, the peach in the hands of Secretary of Agriculture Wallace weighs one and one-fourth pounds, or did before he got hold of it. The fruit came from an Indiana farm.

whom she was married January 17, 1919, in Greenville. The parties to the ..1 MA .VH4fAW

She charees her husband with gross I

neglect of duty and failure to provide. Mrs. Cool wants an absolute divorce, alimony temporary and permanent, and allowances to prosecute her case, and all other relief to which she may be entitled, and restoration

to her maiden name or Essa Braney. New Cases Common Pleas , Lizzie Stutz vs. Harold Stuts; divorce, alimony and custody of minor child. Graves and Marshall vs. The Meguiar company; money, amount claimed, $350. and 6 per cent interest from September 14, 1920. Probate Court Mary G. Francis, administratrix of the estate of William Edward Francis, deceased, filed petition for distribution of assets in kind. Order issued. J. E. Haines, administrator with the will annexed of Isaac Kerst, deceased, filed inventory and appraisement. Roy Warner was committed to Gallipolis Hospital for Epileptics. Edmund Culbertson was appointed administrator of the estate of Charles Culbertson, deceased. Bond, $20,000.

to efforts of a number of farmers in the neighbprhood who gathered to fight the flames. The, hog house caught fire several times but was saved by a bucket brigade. Bishop and his family were in Eaton when the fire broke out.

A PRETTY SUMMER FROCK

'Roy N. Hirshburg to Open Studio of Photography Roy N. Hirshburg of this city has announced that he will open a studio of photography at 710 Main street, Wedneday, Sept. 7. Mr. Hirshburg, who has made a careful study of protography, is the son of the late John M. Hirshburg, well known in Richmond for his photographic aecom- ' plishments. France's birth rate of seven a 1,000, with Infant mortality at 20 percent of births, compared badly with Germany's birth rate of 20 a 1,000, with infant mortality at 10 percent of births.

FAMINE

(Continued from Page One.) plants an area of 10 times this extent, but this year the area sown amounted to only 4,000,000 acres, and the crop was almost a failure because of the drought. Whole Population Dependent. Although transportation is difficult, M. Scksolosky said the entire peasant population of 2,500,000 would be dependent upon 'outside food by November. Already 100,000 peasants are without bread, this number including 50,000 children who .have been placed in soviet homes.

I Conditions at Semayenkena, a villjage 30 miles from Samara and remote

are typical of the misery existing through the province of Samara. The peasants there are eating bread made from melon rinds, sunflower seeds and grass seed. One mother killed her baby last week, saying she could bear to see it starve. Other mothers are threatening to kill their children. One wom

an with six children said to The , sociated Press: "You know it takes children so long to die. It is too horrible to watch them shrivel up.' One old woman showed the correspondent a loaf of mouldy green bread, and then pointing to a flour mill surmounted by a windwheel, she begged: "Send us something to grind. It has been so long since there has been any real bread." Many Move Into Town Hundreds of families were moving toward Samara when the correspondent passed through Seneayenkena. They were carrying all their belongings on rickety wagons, drawn by starved horses which were dropping dead by the wayside. Igo Kouonetzoff, a peasant, was found standing with his wife, grown daughter and young son, watching their horse die at the top of a long hill. He told a story almost identical with those of thous-

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Call Executive Committee1 of National Woman's Party (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept 5. A call to the executive committee and council of the National Woman's party to meet, in Washington on the same day that congress reconvenes, was sent out today by Miss Elsie Hall, chair

man of the party. The council will pass upon the final draft of the proposed amendment to the constitution, described by the party as intended to remove "all legal inequalities of women." This is expected to be introduced on the first day after the recess in the senate by Senator Curtis of Kansas, and in the house by Representative Fess, of Ohio.

Raymond Burchard Taylor, a fiifteen-' year-old boy of Cherokee, Tenn., is be-! lieved to be the youngest regular !

Sunday school superintendent in the

country.

Exceptional Fur Offer

Two Genuine Hudson Seal Coats on Sale Tuesday Only. These. Coats were samples submitted to us for an out-of-town vacationist who had to return before their arrival. Rather than return them to the manufacturer, we will offer them at a saving of $100 to $150 each. See them on display in our window Monday evening. We positively guarantee them as represented.

One coat In a plain sel - trimmed Hudson Seal; can be belted or worn loose back. Price

The, other is trimmed in genuine Black Marten Fur, large collar and cuffs. Price

225 265

These Prices Include War Tax

68 MAIN ST.

PRICE REDUCTIONS

Pattern 36S5 supplies this attractive youthful model. It is cut in 3 Sizes: 16, IS, and 20 years. An 18 year size requires 4 yards of 38 inch material. Crepe, crepe de chine, voile, erabroideries, dotted Swiss, taffeta, and wash silks, also linen and chambrey may be used for this model. The width of the, skirt is 2 yards. Name .'

id dress

City

Size

A pattern of this illustration mailec" to any address on receipt of 12 centi in silver or stamps. Address Pattern Department Palladium Patterns will be mailed to your ad dreas within one week.

Sale on Bicycles and Typewriters

The quickest and safest way to go to and from school is on a bicycle. See our line of Columbias and Excelsiors. Every bicycle on our floor marked down to rockbottom. Motobikes were $58, now priced at $39.50 Camelbacks, were $44, now $36.00

We also have some bargains in used bicycles. If you are taking typewriting in school, get a machine to practice on at home. We have Underwoods, L. C. Smiths, Remingtons, Royals, Monarchs and many others. Priced for quick sale, from. . .18.00 up

New Prices Effective September 3, 1921

Willys-Knight Model 20 Touring $1525 Model 20 Roadster 1475 Model 20 Coupe : 2195 Model 20 Sedan 2395

Overland Model 4 Touring $595 Model 4 Roadster 595 Model 4 Coupe 850 Model 4 Sedan 895

PRICES F. O. B. TOLEDO, OHIO.

Table Showing Comparative Prices and Reductions During the Past Year

Willys-Knight-

Overland-

Sept. 1, Sept. 28, June 1, 1920. 1920. 1921. -Model 20 Touring $2300 $2 1 95 $ 1 895 Model 20 Roadster 2300 2195 1895 Model 20 Coupe 2950 2845 2550 Model 20 Sedan 3050 2945 2750 Sept. 1, Sept. 28, June 1, 1920. 1920. 1921. -Model 4 Touring ...... .$1035 $ 895 $ 695 Model 4 Roadster 1035 895 695 Model 4 Coupe 1 525 1 425 1 000 Model 4 Sedan 1675 1 475 1 275

Sept. 3, Total 1921. Reduction

$1525 1475 2195 2395

$775 825 755 655

Sept. 3, Total 1921. Reduction

$595 595 850 895

$440 440 675 780

Overlands thus show a reduction the past year of 47

Willys-Knights show a reduction the past year of 36

Overland -Richmond Company

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